https://operawire.com/artist-of-the-week-marina-abramovic/
The 2020-21 season is officially here and many opera companies are beginning to open including the Bayerische Staatsoper, which will open with one of the most anticipated new works of the year. The company will open with the world premiere of “7 Deaths of Maria Callas,” a work that was set to originally open during the spring of the 2019-20 {…}
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We are deep into the summer, but opera has not stopped. We are getting live performances throughout Europe and still getting full slates of online opera offerings. So for this week’s recommendations, we are looking at a wide range of options, including a few classic works, a recital from two major opera stars, and a lot of new operas. As {…}
https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-stars-live-in-concert-review-jonas-kaufmann-in-polling-bavaria/
(Credit: Gregor Hohenberg / Sony Classical) When the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown the entire planet, the Metropolitan Opera was among the first companies to realize the potential of streaming operas to audiences worldwide. With its massive catalogue of opera recordings from both this century and the last, the company set out to present performances on a nightly basis. Other companies caught {…}
https://operawire.com/q-a-justin-werner-on-creating-stratagem-artists-navigating-a-post-covid-opera-world/
Justin Werner thought his path in the opera world would be focused on performing. But early on in his training, he came to terms with the fact that it might not be the right path for him. He moved into production with the independent opera company New York Opera Exchange (he also founded the Independent Student Opera Initiative at Boston {…}
https://operawire.com/leontyne-price-anna-netrebko-philip-glass-at-home-gala-headline-weeks-13-14-of-metropolitan-opera-nightly-streams/
The Metropolitan Opera has announced Weeks 13 and 14 of its nightly streams. The streams will include music by Mozart, Bartok, Rossini, Handel, Verdi, and Glass. Also, audiences will get a chance to check out the At Home Gala once again. Monday, June 8 – Mozart’s La Clemenza di Tito Conducted by Harry Bicket; starring Lucy Crowe, Barbara Frittoli, Elīna Garanča, {…}
https://operawire.com/natalie-dessay-diana-damrau-marina-rebeka-lead-konzerthaus-dortmunds-2020-21-season/
(Credit: Sony Classical/Baden-Baden/Tatiana Vlasova) The Konzerthaus Dortmund in Germany has unveiled its 2020-21 season. For the purposes of this article, our focus will be on vocal or operatic performances. The season opens with Haydn’s “Die Schöpfung” with soloists Robin Johannsen, David Fischer, and Florian Boesch. The Collegium Vocale Gent and Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is led by Philippe Herreweghe. Performance Date: {…}
https://operawire.com/national-sawdust-launches-livenationalsawdust/
The National Sawdust is set to launch Live@NationalSawdust, a free digital platform. The new platform by the non-profit arts institution based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, will release weekly videos of concerts from the past five seasons starting with performances from 2015. It will also showcase professional development programming, and will include fundraising efforts for the institution and the artists involved. Audiences {…}
https://operawire.com/jonas-kaufmann-anja-harteros-anna-netrebko-headline-bayerische-staatsopers-2020-21-season/
The Bayerische Staatsoper announced its 2020-21 season which includes eight new productions and numerous revivals. Premieres The first new production of the year will be “Die Vögel” by Walter Braunfels, who also penned the libretto. Ingo Metzmacher conducts a production by Frank Castrof that will star Wolfgang Koch, Günter Papendell, Caroline Wettergreen, Emily Pogorelc, Eliza Bloom, and Yajie Zhang, among {…}
https://operawire.com/q-a-francesco-lanzillotta-on-rossini-musical-styles-his-future/
Italian conductor Francesco Lanzillotta is considered one of today’s most “interesting conductors” having performed a vast repertoire that ranges from Mozart to contemporary music. He has been the Music Director in Varna, and is currently the Music Director of the Macerata Opera Festival in Italy. As he continues to expand his repertoire, he is also becoming one of the most {…}
